MBA Chart of the Week Aug. 8, 2022: Mortgage Payment to Rent Ratio

This MBA Chart of the Week examines the relationship between mortgage payments and asking rents since the second half of 2009. MBA’s national mortgage payment to rent ratio compares the national median and 25th percentile mortgage payments to the national median asking rent.

RIHA Study: U.S. Household Net Worth Up 17.6% Between 2016-2019

The median net worth of U.S. households increased from $103,000 in 2016 to $127,000 in 2019 – a gain of 17.6% and the highest amount since 2007, according to The Distribution of Wealth in America Since 2016, a new report released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America.

MBA Chart of the Week Aug. 16 2021–Aggregate Back Rent Owed

This week’s MBA Chart of the Week zeroes in on households who missed rental payments in June. The chart plots a) the distribution of those households by the number of payments they have missed since the onset of the pandemic; and b) an estimate of the aggregate dollar volume of back rent owed by those households.

RIHA: Fewer Households Missed Housing Payments in Second Quarter

Slightly under five million households did not make their rent or mortgage payments in the second quarter, updated research from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America reported.